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Feeds and Feeding. 



Summarizing the preceding data, we have: When feeding oom 

 forage with hay and grain, the cows getting — 



3,538 pounds shredded stover or fodder produced 3,794 pounds of milk. 

 4,667 pounds unshredded stover or fodder produced 3,730 pounds of milk. 



If we count the milk returns equal for the two lots, — though 

 they are slightly in favor of the cows getting the shredded fod- 

 der, — we have a saving of 24 per cent of com forage by using it 

 in shredded form. 



Here are different results from those secured by Shelton. How 

 can they be harmonized ? In the first place, the stalks used by 

 Shelton were much coarser and harsher than those grown in Wis- 

 consin, and it is probable that his cattle were offered such liberal 

 quantities of forage that they naturally chose the softer portions, 

 wasting the remainder. Again, it is possible that the sharp edges 

 of the fine- cut corn stalks made the mouths of the cattle sore, so 

 that they could not eat forage as they otherwise would. 



380. Long hay and dry feed. — At the Maine Station, » Jordan 

 fed rations of long hay and chaffed hay as follows: 



During the first and third periods, each lasting thirty days, five 

 cows were fed long hay with an allowance of dry grain fed sep- 

 arately. During the intermediate period the cows were fed the 

 same amount of hay chopped fijie, with the same quantity of meal 

 as before. The cut hay and meal were first mixed, then wet, 

 and the mixture allowed to stand for several hours before feeding. 

 The middle period lasted fifty-one days. 



Yield of mUJc and butter from cows fed wet and dry rations 



Station. 



Maine 



Kept. 1890. 



